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...President. James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon had excellent résumés, yet each failed when the U.S. needed strong leadership. Whether or not Obama is qualified on paper, he has all the tools for the making of a successful Commander in Chief. Luiz Bravim, Hollywood, Florida...
...Isenhour had been charged with killing a hawk with a golf shot. Isenhour apparently became infuriated with the noise the bird was making as he tried to film a golf video prophetically entitled “Shoot Like a Pro” on the Grand Cypress Golf Course in Florida. According to court documents, when the bird perched within 75 yards of him, the golfer said “I’ll get him now,” and began taking pot shots. One of them hit the red-shouldered hawk, and it fell to the ground bleeding from...
...incident passing by unnoticed. But when the charges of animal cruelty and killing a migratory bird became public last week, the resulting scandal was more reminiscent of the Michael Vick dog-fighting furor last year than the joke that a sound engineer at the shoot suggested Isenhour had intended. Florida newspapers opined that Isenhour was a hardened animal abuser, while the PGA contemplated suspending his tour card. By late last week, he was apologizing to animal lovers nationwide, noting feebly that he’d once adopted shelter cats...
...perhaps nothing could save him from his impulses. Spitzer's sins aren't unprecedented, and if you examine the concupiscence revealed in previous scandals - for instance, those of President Clinton, former Florida Congressman Mark Foley (who exchanged lewd messages with teenagers) and former New Jersey governor James McGreevey (who resigned in 2004 after admitting to an affair) - it's possible to find similar biographical elements: stern father figures, highly promising early careers, an expansive sense of power and purpose. Says Masters: "It's the hubris and willingness to tackle anything that made [Spitzer] so successful, and it's the hubris...
...never seen so much money together in my life." Because the legal limit of undeclared cash that visitors are allowed to bring in to Argentina is $10,000, Telpuk alerted her superiors and Antonini Wilson was whisked away for questioning. Within days, however, the businessman had departed for Florida, amid rumours in the press that the money had been an illegal contribution from Chavez for the electoral campaign of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Both leaders denied the charge, with the Argentinean president suggesting it was part of a U.S. plot to embarrass Chavez. "People have accused me of being...